Removable button.



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REMOVABLE BUTTON. APPLICATION FILED MAR 3, 1915.

1,146,652. Patented July 13, 1915.

ISRAEL REID, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

REMOVABLE BUTTON.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 13, 1915.

Application filed March 3, 1915. Serial No. 11,796.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ISRAEL REID, a subject of the King of England, residing at lVashington, in the District of Columbia, have invented a new and useful Removable Button, of which the following, is a specification.

The device forming the subject matterof this application is a button adapted to be assembled with one flap of a garment and constructed to cooperate with a button hole in f the other flap of the garment.

The invention aims to provide ,novel means whereby the headportion of the button may be rapidly and securely but. detachably assembled with one flap of the garment.

Another object of the invention is to provide a button of the type described'having' an element of novel form adaptedtobe received within the button hole of one] flap of the garment.

Another object of the invention to provide a novel means whereby the bail-shaped retaining member may be held parallel to the head of the button and parallel to the flaps of the garment. a

A further object of the invention is to provide in a buttonof the type described, a pair of plates of novel form, the plates being interchangeable, the plates coacting to form a means for engaging one flap of the garment, one plate being capable of being received in the button ho e of the other flap of the garment. 3

It is within the scope of the disclosure to improve generally and to enhance the utility of devices of that type to which the present invention appertains.

With the above and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in thecombination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the. precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed can be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawing: Figure 1 shows the invention in front elevation assembled with a portion of a garment; Fig.

2 shows the invention in rear elevation, as-

, sembled with a portion of a garment, parts of the button being sectioned and broken away; Fig. 3 is a section on the line 33 ofv Fig. 1; Fig. 4 is a section on the line 4-4 of Fig. 1; Fig. 5 is a perspective showing one of the plates which are carried by the studs of the button; Fig. 6 is a perspective view showing the head of the button and the studs thereon; Fig. 7 is a perspective view delineating the retaining member.

The button herein disclosed may be fashioned from any desired material, and comprises a head 1 of any desired outline and contour. Projecting rearwardly or inwardly from the head 1 and ordinarily formed integrally therewith are spaced studs 2 preferably circular in cross section. Near to their free ends, the studs are equipped with transverse openings 8.

The invention comprises an inner plate 4 provided with spaced openings 5 adapted to receive the studs 2 on the head 1. The invention further includes an outer plate 6 having openings 7 through which the studs 2 pass. The plates 4: and 6 preferably are duplicates of each other, and each plate in plan approximates roughly the cross section of a double-convex lens.

Theinvention comprises a retaining member in the form of a resilient bail 8 bent upon itself to form laterally extended arms 9 terminated in free fingers 10. Intermediate their ends, the arms 9 are contracted as shown at 11," thereby to form at the bent end of each arm, a resilient enlargement 16. The arms 9 of the bail 8 are detachably and pivotally mounted in the openings 3 of the studs 2.

The numeral 12 denotes one flap of a coat or other garment, which element may be described as a button other flap 14. of the garment may be described as a button engaging strip, and is provided with a button hole 15.

In practical operation, the inner plate 4 is slipped over the studs 2 and brought into abutment with the under or inner face of the head 1. The studs 2 then are inserted through suitable openings 17 in the strip 12, the outer plate 6 is mounted on the studs 2, and the bail-shapedretaining member 8 is first contracted and then permitted to expand, its arms 9 entering the openings 3 in the studs 2 and serving to hold the button assembled with the strip 12.

The button hole 15 in the strip 14 is passed over the head 1 of the button and surrounds the inner plate 4 closely. Especial attention is directed at this point to the fact that the plate 4 is so shaped as to conform to the outline of the button hole 15. The plate a, further, serves to space the inner or under face of the head 1 apart from the button.

cost of the device being decreased accordingly. 7

After the parts have been assembled as above described, the resilient bail 8 is turned over sidewise, so that it lies approximately parallel tothe head 1 and :parallel to the strip 12 of material, the object in thus, disposing the retaining memberin an out-of the-way position being entirely obvious. It is essential and important that'the bailshaped retaining member 8 remain in the position shown in Figs. 3,.4 and 2, that is,

parallel to the strip 12. Attention, there-" fore, is directed to the construction ofthe arms 9, whereby this result is brought about.

When the arms9 are inserted into the openings 3. of the studs 2, the resilient enlargements 16 in the ends of the arms 9 rest yieldingly against the walls ofthe openings 3. Further, since the arms are contracted, as shown at 11, the free ends of the arms also bear against. the walls of the openings 3. Thus, each arm 9 is given a double gripupon the walls of the openings 8 and a movement of the bail-shaped retaining member 8 out of the positions shown in Figs. 3, 4 and 2 is not likely to occur.

Havingthus described the invention, what is claimed is 2- 1. A button comprising a head and spaced studs assembled with the head, thestuds having openings; and a resilient,bail-shaped 1 retaining member embodylngllateral arms detachablyengagedin the openings.

2. A. button embodying a head and-spaced Copies of this .patent may .be obtained for between them the button carrying studs assembled with the head, the studs having openings; aresilient, bail-shaped retaining member 'embodyinglateral arms engagedin the openings; and a plate having openings receiving the studs, the plate being located between the head and the arms of the retaining member.

3. A'button comprising a head and spaced studs assembled with the head, the studs having openings; and a res1lient, bail-shaped retaining member including arms detachably engaged in the openingsand pivotally mounted therein to permit the retaining member to lie parallel to the head, one of the arms being U-shaped and being. contracted to form a free finger" which engage one stud at spaced points by to form a'doublegrip effective to hold the retaining memberparallel to thehead.

4. A button comprising a head and spaced studs assembled with the head, the studs having openings; and a resilient, bail-shaped a resilient enlargement and in the opening therein,- there retaining member including lateral arms detachably engaged in the openings, and pivotally mounted therein to permit the retalnmg member to lie parallel to the'head, one

of thearmsbeing U-shaped and being resiliently-rexpansible' in;the opening of one stud, thereby to hold the retaining member in parallel relation to the head.

5. A 'button comprising a head anda stud projecting from: the head; a pair ofplates through wh'i h the stud passes;- and studcarried locking means cooperating with one plate; the plates bemg of likeconstruction, to provide r an interchangeable mounting thereot upon the studs, the plates cooperatingto form a material engaging. means, and one plate being located adjacentthe head and constituting abutton hole entering element.

' In testimony that as my own, I have'hereto affixed myisignature in the-presence of two witnesses. ISRAEL REID.

Witnesses: .5

EGBERT J. Bow'rn; M. AMTFOLEY'J- cents Backs f M SS ng the i Gmmnissioner of. I'atents, Washin'gtom-Di 10.1 v

I claim the; foregoing- 

